New Horizons Festival Opens With Cannes Winner

Poland's biggest event unveils competition slate

The T-Mobile New Horizons Intl. Film Festival, which unspools July 18-28, will open with this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Blue Is the Warmest Color” by Abdellatif Kechiche. Poland’s biggest film fest will close with the Polish premiere of Malgoska Szumowska’s Berlinale competition title and Teddy Award winner “In the Name Of.”

The New Horizons competition lineup features 12 Polish premieres, while the fest’s Films in Art competition includes 12 documentaries.